DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/15 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.1 - - 92.3 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 196 - - 123 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3769 - - 4372 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3242 - - 3457 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4658 - - 5261 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1258 - - 1761 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 382 - - 348 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 20 - - 25 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 286 - - 272 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 8 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1778 - - -1360 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 6436 - - 6621 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -6083 - - -4724 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10741 - - 9985 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 65 - - 60 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 760 - - 1000 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 91.1 - - 92.3 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 66.1 - - 66.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 89.8 - - 91.4 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.8 - - 65.2 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 196 - - 123 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3769 - - 4372 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 13 - - 13 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99658 36 084 32 081 99658 92127 27 095 28 097 92127 86296 27 100 23 088 86296 81449 23 089 26 076 81449 77281 19 082 23 075 77281 73607 14 054 15 073 73607 70294 11 074 10 072 70294 67266 15 056 11 043 67266 64480 16 005 9 013 64480 61799 10 334 9 356 61799 59026 1 329 7 340 59026 56169 22 004 13 006 56169 53456 29 332 27 343 53456 51031 25 312 33 327 51031 48865 19 323 23 314 48865 46900 15 358 8 336 46900 45096 27 004 14 028 45096 43421 31 358 18 029 43421 41851 28 350 21 026 41851 40372 27 355 25 025 40372 38972 26 357 26 024 38972 37612 20 353 26 024 37612 36224 17 346 20 011 36224 34780 18 334 17 004 34780 33280 18 321 15 354 33280 31712 16 313 15 335 31712 30064 16 304 16 315 30064 28337 15 304 14 296 28337 26530 15 313 13 286 26530 24645 12 304 11 298 24645 22682 9 305 10 297 22682 20633 7 334 6 298 20633 18500 2 231 6 231 18500 16333 7 211 8 235 16333 14250 10 207 9 237 14250 12358 12 204 8 231 12358 10674 6 230 4 306 10674 9175 9 021 8 018 9175 7839 15 030 9 041 7839 6652 15 026 6 053 6652 5601 7 018 2*014 5601 4673 3*328 1*326 4673 3852 3*303 2 293 3852 3116 4 292 2 276 3116 2464 4 288 3 266 2464 1920 4 282 3 263 1920 1502 4 277 3 261 1502 1214 4 276 4 258 1214 1040 3 275 3 258 1040 939 3 276 3 257 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography